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JSU’s Middleton hoping weight loss helps production

by Al Muskewitz
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Calvin Middleton watched himself on film and didn’t like what he saw. There was something about the guy running the ball across the screen that just didn’t look right.

Crowe says Barksdale will play Saturday
Ole Miss isn’t the only team generating intrigue when it comes to a player’s potential to play in the season opener against Jacksonville State. The Gamecocks are drawing some of their own as fans for both camps wonder how much of a factor Darius “Tig” Barksdale will have in the game.

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In the season opener of 2005, Furman scored on the final play of the game — one that referees allowed to be done over — to knock off upset-minded Jacksonville State. Photo: Anniston Star file photo

If the do-over had turned out different
JACKSONVILLE — Imagine how things might be within the Jacksonville State football program today if the final minute of its game on Sept. 1, 2005, had turned out differently.

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Nearing a decade in the 3-4 scheme, Gamecocks making outside speed their signature
JACKSONVILLE — Jacksonville State has been in its 3-4 defense for eight years now — ever since it joined the Ohio Valley Conference — and while the Gamecocks haven’t exactly perfected their play in the scheme, they’re getting pretty good at it.

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Expansion of playoffs could give OVC a more frequent companion
When the NCAA expanded its Football Championship Subdivision playoffs to 20 teams for this season, one of the first organizations to stand and applaud was the Ohio Valley Conference.

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Gamecocks back on the run: Without weapon like Perrilloux, Crowe returning to his old ways
JACKSONVILLE — With a talent like Ryan Perrilloux in the mix, Jacksonville State had the luxury the past two seasons of attacking opposing defenses in a variety of ways. Now that Perrilloux has moved on, the Gamecocks are turning to an old standby.

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Ole Miss QB Jeremiah Masoli’s status for Saturday’s game remains unknown while he waits to be cleared by the NCAA.

Will he or won't he: JSU preparing for Ole Miss as if Masoli will be available
JACKSONVILLE — Jack Crowe and Houston Nutt both went to lunch Monday — in different states, of course — still not knowing whether the NCAA had cleared quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to play for the Ole Miss football team this season.

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Joe Medley: Quarterback draw
Game week is finally here for college football, and what an interesting lot of quarterbacks we’ll see.

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JSU’s ‘Tig’ thankful to be on f ield
Newly arrived running back Darius “Tig” Barksdale says he’s thankful he’s been given a second chance to play college football by JSU coach Jack Crowe.

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JSU's Heath ready to go
JACKSONVILLE — T.J. Heath scrimmaged for the first time this training camp Tuesday and it didn’t take long for the All-American cornerback to stick his nose in the middle of the action.

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JSU struggles with O-line injuries
JACKSONVILLE — It’s tough being Scott Smouse these days. The Jacksonville State offensive line coach excused his group at the end of spring practice looking forward to returning with a veteran group capable of being the cornerstone of an attack determined to regain control of games on the ground.

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Local players move up JSU’s depth chart
Two players from Calhoun County are among several first-year players on the list of 60 for JSU who will be working toward the Sept. 4 opener at Ole Miss – one from Pleasant Valley and another from Anniston.

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JSU's colored schemes
JACKSONVILLE — Jack Crowe suspects “out there somewhere” he has a “really good football team,” but right now, two weeks before the season opener, it’s just disguised “in a bag of M&Ms.”

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Hey Sun Belt Conference, Expand Or Die

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Inside the OVC: No unbeatens left

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Perrilloux leads JSU against Eastern Illinois

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No comment (hint, hint) from Tennessee State coach

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